Thousands of artifacts reveal how ancient South Chinese cultures used small stone tools to endure harsh climates and changing ...

At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

An analysis of stone tools found in Italy and Lebanon indicates that around 42,000 years ago, modern humans in Europe and the ...

Join us in exploring the timeless craft of stone dressing with expert stonemason Warren Jackson. In this captivating video, Warren unveils the secrets behind stone shaping and splitting using ...

Building on the research of Sir Flinders Petrie, this investigation dives deeper into the enigmatic stone cores and drill marks found across ancient Egypt — and now, in sites as far away as Peru. The ...

One of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas has been discovered in western Idaho, according to a study published today in the journal Science. Radiocarbon dates show that people were ...

If the claims are true, the behavior by Homo naledi—a baffling, small-brained member of the human family tree—would pre-date the earliest known burials by at least 100,000 years. An Homo naledi group ...

A family has made a remarkable discovery by digging up a massive diamond at a state park using cheap tools they bought at a dollar store. Raynae Madison and her family were on a trip to Arkansas from ...